31.1     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
         SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, James G. Flanigan, certify that:

         1.       I have  reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Flanigan's
                  Enterprises, Inc. for the period ended September 30, 2006;

         2.       Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any
                  untrue  statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit  to  state a
                  material fact necessary to make the statements  made, in light
                  of the  circumstances  under which such  statements were made,
                  not  misleading  with  respect to the periods  covered by this
                  annual report;

         3.       Based on my knowledge,  the consolidated financial statements,
                  and  other  financial  information  included  in  this  annual
                  report,  fairly  present  in  all  material  respects  of  the
                  financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of
                  the  registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in this
                  annual report;

         4.       The  registrant's   other   certifying   officers  and  I  are
                  responsible  for  establishing   and  maintaining   disclosure
                  controls  and  procedures  (as defined in  Exchange  Act Rules
                  13a-15(d) - 15(e)) for the  registrant  and  internal  control
                  over  financial  reporting  (as defined in Exchange  Act Rules
                  13(a)-15(c) and 15 (d)-15(f) for the registrant and have:

                  a) designed such disclosure  controls and procedures or caused
                  such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under
                  my supervision to ensure that material information relating to
                  the registrant,  including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is
                  made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                  during  the  period  in  which  this  annual  report  is being
                  prepared;

                  b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure
                  controls and  procedures  and  presented in this annual report
                  our  conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of the  disclosure
                  controls and  procedures,  as of the end of the period covered
                  by this report based on such evaluation; and

                  c)  disclosed  in this  report any change in the  registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the  registrant's  most recent fiscal year that has materially
                  affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially  affect,  the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

         5.       The  registrant's   other  certifying   officers  and  I  have
                  disclosed,  based on our most  recent  evaluation  of internal
                  control over financial,  to the registrant's  auditors and the
                  audit committee or registrant's  board of directors or persons
                  performing the equivalent function);

                  a) all significant  deficiencies in the design or operation of
                  internal control over financial  reporting that are reasonably
                  likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
                  process, summarize and report financial information; and

                  b)  any  fraud,   whether  or  not  material,   that  involves
                  management or other  employees who have a significant  role in
                  the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


                             /s/    James G. Flanigan
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                             Name:  James G. Flanigan
                             Chief Executive Officer and President
                             Date:   December 29, 2006